Green Bay Wisconsin Commercial and Editorial Photographer

Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary Video

Friday, February 15, 2013

To survive one most evolve. For a photographer in today’s world part of that evolving and surviving is learning how to shoot and edit video. For the past few years I’ve been shooting some short interviews and b-roll pieces for clients when asked and I’ve done a few time lapse movies. Last fall I mentioned to the public relation and marketing people for a cause I believe greatly in that I would like to do a multi media piece for them. I’d been doing still photography for various projects of theirs for the past few year. The organization Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary is near and dear to my heart. The no-kill shelter is based about an hour north of Green Bay, but has a satellite adoption center here in Green Bay and is the shelter we got our dog from.

I created this piece with some of the still photography I’d been doing over the years and with the help and collaboration of my assistant Matt Ludtke and my intern Jayavarapu “Bobby” Prabhakar we shot some additional b-roll, did a two camera interview and edited this piece.

I’m happy with the piece for out first attempt of something like this, the shelter is very happy to have it as a piece to tell their story and we learned a great deal that we will be able to apply as we move forward.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Thanks!

Mike

Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary from Mike Roemer on Vimeo.

Stepping Away From The Action And Trying To Be More Creative • Sports Photographer

Sunday, February 3, 2013

On Saturday I had the chance to step away from shooting mainly action at the Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball game against UIC on Carol’s Court at the Kress Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Green Bay won the game 99-53 so I shot a little action to document that, but for the most part I tried to be creative with some very shallow depth of field with a Canon 85mm F1.2 and two tilt shift lenses, the Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5 and the Canon TS-E 17mm F4. The tilt shift lens allow you to select a point of focus on your frame by tilting the plane of focus. The 85mm F1.2 when shot wide open allows you to have a very shallow depth of field and gives you an amazing boken.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the game. Next weekend it’s back to shooting mostly action as both the Green Bay men’s and women’s teams continue their pursuit for the Horizon League conference championships.

Thanks for looking!

Mike

Green Bay Wisconsin Aerial Photographer • Winter Aerial Photography

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Earlier this week I needed to do some aerial photography for a client in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The minimum rental for the Cessana 172 was an hour so I decided to take the spare time after I completed the clients photos to fly around the snow covered rural landscape near Green Bay and the waters of the lower part of the bay of Green Bay to look for some artistic shots. Even though I did the shoot at the time of the day when the sun is at it’s highest peak it still casted some very long shadows.

If you’re going to do winter aerial photography remember to bring a pair of gloves. With a high winged plane like the Cessna 172 you can open up your window. Once you point that camera out the window your going to get hit with some winds in the range of 80 mph from the forward speed of the plane. So with the temps in the mid 20s and an 80 mph wind your dealing with a wind chill well below zero.

Thanks for looking!

Mike

A Schneider National truck with an intermodal trailer crosses the Fox River in De Pere, Wisconsin.

Two trees cast their shadow in a snow covered farm field near Bussels in Door County, Wisconsin.

Birds fly over broken up ice in the bay of Green Bay near the mouth of the shipping channel in to the Fox River.

The frame of new house goes up in De Pere, Wisconsin.

Photos Of The Green Bay Packers Defeating The Minnesota Vikings In The NFL Playoffs.

Monday, January 7, 2013

The Green Bay Packers defeated the Minnesota Viking 24-10 Saturday night January 5, 2013 at Lambeau Field in the wildcard round of the NFL football playoffs. I’m very happy the Packers won and that they will move on to the divisional round, but it was a boring game for photos. I had two of the three Packers touchdowns happen in my end zone and they made for okay photos and they sure made for a much better photo then the one Vikings touchdown did of a lone player with not a Packers player within 20 yards of him running into the end zone.

It was sad to see Packers wide receiver Donald Driver a healthy inactive for the game. Driver has been a great player for the Packers over the years and has been the focus of some of my favorite Packers photos. It was great to see Packers Charles Woodson back out on the field after recovering from a mid season injury. The odds of both those veteran players being back next year are slim.

Unless the Atlanta Falcons loose this weekend the Packers will be on the road for the remainder of the playoffs so this may be my last game day blog for the 2013 season. It was a fun season and I’m happy with the photos I made.

Thanks for looking!

Mike

Green Packers fan John OÕNeill "Saint Vince" before the game.

Green Packers fan John O’Neill “Saint Vince” before the game.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Dezman Moses pressures Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb gets sacked by Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Dezman Moses.

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph tries to get away from Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields.

Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews trips up Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb.

Is that frustration on the face of Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen as he tries to get to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings tires to stay inbound and get out of the grasp of Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook.

Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Kevin Williams tries to block a pass from Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Green Bay Packers fullback John Kuhn and quarterback Aaron Rodgers celebrates the first of two touchdowns by Kuhn.

Green Bay Packers fullback John Kuhn celebrates a touchdown by doing a Lambeau Leap.

Green Bay Packers running back DuJuan Harris tries to get away from Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Erin Henderson.

Green Bay Packers fullback John Kuhn spins into the end zone for his second touchdown on the night.

Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews knocks the ball out of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb’s hand before recovering the fumble.

Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews celebrates his fumble recovery.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb reacts after throwing an interception and getting knocked down by Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews.

Green Bay Packers strong safety Charles Woodson tackles Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

Green Bay Packers cornerback Tramon Williams brakes up a pass intended for Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jeremy Ross leads head coach Mike McCarty and quarterback Aaron Rodgers on to the field after the Packers defeated the Viking.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson after the game.

Green Bay Packers nose tackle B.J. Raji celebrates as he comes off the field.

Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews jogs off the field after the Packers wildcard win.

Green Bay Wisconsin Commercial Photographer and Wisconsin Editorial Photographer Mike Roemer • Best of 2012 • Photos That Are Important To Me.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Ever since I started my blog back in 2009, I’ve been doing a year-end blog post of my favorite photos for that year. The photos aren’t only my best work for that year, but also pictures that are important to me. The majority of the photos are made while on assignment for clients, but some of the photos are also made during my personal time. Time that I spent with my wife Judy, my energetic black lab mix pup Chica, the international students that I’ve helped mentor for the college Judy works at or the family Caribbean cruise we took to celebrate my parents, 50th wedding anniversary all made the list this year.

I think going through a year’s worth of your work is a great exercise for a photographer to do. I hated doing it back in my newspaper days before the digital age. Digging through clips and negatives, slides and prints wasn’t as easy as pulling up my online portfolio and previous blog posts. Back in my newspaper days, I was terrible at shooting photos that weren’t meant to be printed in the paper. Sadly, my life back then revolved around working at the paper. I wasn’t married to a fun loving woman who lets me point the camera at her, I didn’t have a photogenic dog and I didn’t live near family and friends who’s life I shared like I do today.

I still need to get better at just taking pictures for creative expression and pictures to document my life. I write this as I see three deer walking though the forest about a 150 feet from my office window. They walk through that same spot every few days,just tempting me to get a nice photo of them.

I’ve had a few people ask me recently what my favorite photo is from my work in 2012. Most years, that’s a tough question for me to answer, but not this year. The top picture in my blog of Green Bay Packers Donald Driver doing a Lambeau Leap is by far my favorite picture of the year. It’s probably my favorite picture that I’ve ever shot at a Packers game since I started photographing them back in the 80s. The Sporting News also picked it as one of their top sports photos in 2012 and NBC News also included it in their pictures of the year.

Back in my newspaper days it was hard for me to drive anywhere without a camera in the car. I’ve finally stopped having anxiety dreams of spot news happening in front of me and not being able to load film into the camera, to get the car keys to open the trunk or not being able to find the car. That said, the best camera you have is the one you have with you. I always have my smart phone with me, so I always have that camera on me. So for 2013, I’m going to do a picture-a-day Instagram project, if things get straightened out with their new terms of service. The photos will be a creative outlet for me, but also a way to document my life. Every month or two, I’ll put up a blog post with some of the Instgram photos. You can also follow RoemerPhoto or Mike Roemer on Instgram if you don’t want to wait for the blogpost.

So, here are my favorite photos of 2012 – photos that are important to me.

Thanks for looking!

Mike

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver celebrates a touchdown by doing a Lambeau Leap in the Packers win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

When I wear my trucking photographer hat, one of the first things I do is scout for a freshly black topped road with bright strips. I was really happy when I found this road near our transportation photography client’s headquarters in the rolling hills of Western Wisconsin.

Photo of model Linda Roach for a stock lifestyle photography shoot in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

I spent a day making pretty landscape photos at a windmill park for an energy photography client in the rolling farm fields of central Wisconsin. Here is my favorite photo of that day just as the sun popped back out when a late afternoon storm moved out.

A ground battle during Green Bay’s win over Marquette in a D1 basketball game.

The Tundraline warms up before a Green Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field.

Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith during their game against the Packers at Lambeau Field.

Green Bay Packers’ Clay Matthews warms up before an early season game at Lambeau Field.

Not the first time I shot a group of graduates jumping like this at a college graduation, but this shot is made by how straight the guy in the center is. He must have taken a course on how to jump without bending your knees.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith trips up Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford fumbles the ball. Green Bay Packers Mike Daniels was able to recover the ball and run it in for a touchdown.

A runner tries to cool down during the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon. The race was eventually cancelled midway through due to the heat.

A member of the crew club at St. Norbert College goes for an early morning row on the Fox River in De Pere, Wisconsin.

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy uses a flip card to reflect light back in to his face to make an otherwise boring photo more interesting.

Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Nick Perry trips up Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tosses a wrist band into the stands as he runs off the field after a Packers win.

My playful pup Chica enjoys her favorite toy, the squeaky blue ball, before it met its demise in a game of tug-of-war with her cousin dog, Kelby.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson tries to pull in a pass as Green Bay Packers cornerback Tramon Williams defends.

A lifestyle / fashion portfolio photo shoot in the woods just beyond my office window.

A long time tradition at Green Bay Packers training camp is for the players to ride bikes of willing kids to the practice field. When one of the players picks a bike that’s way to small for him, it always make for a good picture.

Green Bay Phoenix basketball player Keifer Sykes shows off his tattoos.

I’ve covered the north end zone at Lambeau Field since the mid 90s. My shots are generally backlit, which I’m okay with, but since they did a remodel of the stadium last off-season, we get some crazy great bounce light that adds a special dimension to the photos in the red zone. Here is one of those photos as Aaron Rodgers makes an adjustment at the line.

Dr. Heidi Hunter and her 4-year-old golden retriever therapy dog Buddy for an annual report project for a healthcare photography client.

My brother-in-law Jerrry Turba and his wife Judy at Jerry’s 60th birthday party. I think the photo really shows happiness, and it being an all out 70s party made it very visual.

Lifestyle photo of St Norbert College students along the Fox River in Green Bay for the school’s web site.

A couple of Green Bay Packers fans can’t contain their excitement being the first ones into the stands for a game.

My wife Judy enjoys the cool waters of Trout Lake in Vilas County in Northern Wisconsin on a warm July afternoon.

With the lighthouse of Cana Island in Door County, Wisconsin behind them, International students Shahadutt “Mr B” Bose, Ravi “Shorty” Pahuja of India and Shakeel “Dr. Love” Ahmad of Pakistan pose for a picture. I’ve been to Door County and Cana Island a kazillion times growing up in the area, but was able to see the area in a new way through their eyes as I toured them around the peninsula.

Huge Packers fan and Executive Vice President, Mark Thompson, of The Roberts Group poses for a profile shot for the healthcare advertising agency’s website and collateral materials.

Profile photo of Katie Stensberg, Emerging Media Specialist, at The Roberts Group.

Stock photo in Peninsula State park in Door County, Wisconsin.

A quick grab shot during a friend’s wedding reception near Rib Mountain in central Wisconsin.

Portrait of Green Bay Phoenix men’s basketball player Brennan Cougill.

Shadows of youth football players on Lambeau Field before the Green Bay Packers scrimmage.

A quick family photo of Judy and me with my parents and my brother and his daughter in San Juan, Puerto Rico during a week long eastern Carribbean cruise to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.

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Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary Video

Stepping Away From The Action And Trying To Be More Creative • Sports Photographer

Green Bay Wisconsin Aerial Photographer • Winter Aerial Photography

Photos Of The Green Bay Packers Defeating The Minnesota Vikings In The NFL Playoffs.

Green Bay Wisconsin Commercial Photographer and Wisconsin Editorial Photographer Mike Roemer • Best of 2012 • Photos That Are Important To Me.